. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . jes and reedsy with narrow leaves inter-mixed. The eggs four in number, of a reddifli white, marked withYmall brown fpots. * ** The reed-beds frequently cover many acres of ground; thefe growin the water,
. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . jes and reedsy with narrow leaves inter-mixed. The eggs four in number, of a reddifli white, marked withYmall brown fpots. * ** The reed-beds frequently cover many acres of ground; thefe growin the water, fo as to be overflowed at every tide ; and few perfons ever gonear them, except in the time of cutting, which they do in boats, as, exceptat very low tides, one can fcarce fet a footllep within their boundaries. i Typha latifolia, Lin, % Popidus tremnla. Lin, [| Sepf^ Vog. pi. in p. 83. « This P L A T E I. 9 * This fpecies is found in Schonen^ in Sweden; but rarely. Isvery common about the Cafpian Sea and Palus Mo^otls^ and amongthe ruihes of the rivers which fall into them ; but in no high latitudesin Afta, None in Siberia *. The male fliews much tendernefs and care for its young, and itsmate partakes alfo of its afFedion: it is faid to be ever conftant in itsattachments; and at night, v/hen at rooft, the male prote6ls the fe-male, under the concave of his wing. , * Ar^, ZoqL PLATE. PLATE II. CORVUS P I C -ffi. Bill comprcfled, convex, or a little CHARACTER, Bill ftrong, conic, v^ith briftles at its bafe refle£led dovi^ bifid, SPECIFIC CHARACTER, AND STNONTMS. Head covered v^^ith long feathers. Forehead white with blackftrokes. From the angles of the mouth a broad ftreak of black undereach eye. The head, fides, neck, breaft, back and fcapulars, vina-ceous bufF-colour. Coverts of the wings fine blue, barred with white. Tail black-brown. CoRVUS glandarius. Lin. Syji. i. p. 156. N. 36. N° p. 12. Pica glanduria. Ge
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